Paul Erickson

Don't Mess with Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures (How Nature Works)

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The role of venoms in nature ... and in human medicine Why are toxins so advantageous to their possessors as to evolve over and over again? What is it about watery environments that favors so many venomous creatures? Marine biologist Paul Erickson explores these and other questions with astounding images from Andrew Martinez and other top underwater photographers.GREAT for teaching STEM Marine BiologyScorpions and brown recluse spiders are fine as far as they go, but if you want daily contact with venomous creatures, the ocean is the place to be. Blue-ringed octopi, stony corals, sea jellies, stonefish, lionfish, poison-fanged blennies, sting… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Martinez, Andrew (Fotogr.)

ISBN: 978-0-88448-553-7
EAN: 9780884485537
Produktnummer: 37726002
Verlag: Tilbury House Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 48 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Abbildungen: color photographs
Sonstiges: Ab 9 - 12 J.

Über den Autor

Writer, photographer, and video producer Paul Erickson creates exhibits, websites, guides, and videos for zoos, museums, and aquariums including the New England Aquarium, the Houston Zoo, Zoo Miami, the Friends of the Los Angeles River, the Museum of Science and Discovery, and many others. He has authored or co-authored numerous magazine articles and three books about undersea life. His book The Pier at the End of the World was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book of 2016 by the National Science Teachers Association.